And if you prefer your advents closer to home, Emily at The Planetary Society blog is doing one as well with solar system objects. Bonus: hers runs through January 1st! I’ve included a small version of her first pick here. Know what it is? Go to Emily’s page and find out!

Finally, the good folks at Zooniverse have a fun advent calendar that’s interactive; roll over the window to reveal the picture. Try to look at a future one and it just gives you a question mark! So no peeking.

I like this idea: it’s good way to promote astronomy and science, and makes people come back for more!

Always nice, more astronomy pictures. My wife bought us a cheap telescope and we can advice everyone to do so. Tens of dollars / euros isn’t that much, but seeing the light that has been reflected off the surface of Jupiter and his moons, captured by your own eye, is really awesome. Now saving money for a nicer scope Just wanted to share our joy